John lovatt



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Laim Patent No. 75,938, ma Mai-i 24', 186s.

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Be'itknowu that I, Jon-N LOVATT, of Tarrytown,- in the county of Westchester, and State of New York, have invented a new andimpro'ved Machine for-Winding the Outside Layer or Layers of Button-Hole Twist, Silk, or othe'r Fibrous Threads, in any desirable pattern; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionjthereof, which will enable others skilled inthe a'rt to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part-of this specification.i y

vThe present invention relates to an improved machine for winding the Voutside layer or layers of buttonhole twist, silk, or other'ibrou's thread on the spool, which is hung in any suitable manner, to revolve through a iii-er, that is arranged Ato' revolve around theA` spool, but in an opposite direction thereto, and in a plane `at any angle to the same,the flier and spool being arranged to revolve at suitable velocities, and the spool and velocities being'lsusceptible of' adjustment in accordance-with the sizeof thethread, and the pattern to be wound. In the accompanyinggplate of drawings myvimprovedmachfine is illustrated- Figure 1 being an elevation'of one side of the machine,

Figure 2 aplan or top view ofthe spool and flier, showing the relative positions, andl Figure 3 a view ofthe spool, with the-outside layer wound upon it, in the machine embraced in the present invention. i i i v t Similar letters of reference indicateelike parts. A, in thedrawings, represents the 'base or pedestal of the machine, to which is' secured an upright, B, having-a horizontal arm, C, fixed to and across its upper end. '.lhis arm C, at one end, D, is provided with an nprightor post, E, in the-upper end of which turns a horizontal spindle, F, carrying, at one end, a iiier, G,

which is there secured to it in any' propei` manner. `H, a'pulley, iixed to the opposite end of the spindle F to .that which carries ,the flier', throughwhich pulley thesaid spindle, and consequentl-yrthe ilier, are to be revolved fin any -suitable manner, byia connecting-belt or band, or'the same resnlt'may be obtained by a system of gear ing or otherwise. I, an upright arm, secured to the opposite side .of the postI B to that on which the iiier is arranged, by means/of a headed screw-bolt andnut, marlied, in the drawingsl and K, or in any other suitable manner, so that thesaid arm can be swung around upon the post B, to stand at an angle mor'e or less acute, with regard -to the plane of movement of the flier, and be there secured, for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

In the upper end of the upright, I, a horizontal spindle, Lis arranged .to turn, by connecting its,-.pulley,

, `l \4,-through a belt, N, or by suitable gearing, tothe driving-power employed, this spindle being provided for holding the`spool on which the button-hole twist, silk, dr other fibrous threads are wound, and the outer layer or layersofpwhich are to be wound to the-desired pattern.

.i In the use of 4the machine above described, the spool on which the button-hole'twist, silk, or other fibrous thread isp-wound, and which isV to .have its outside layer o1'- layers finished or wound to the desired pattern, is first placed and secured upon its spindle, L, withthe twist, silk, or otherbrous thread passing therefrom .i through the eye of the outer end ofv thelilier,-an"dthence V'through the centre of .the vspindle to .which such-iiie is fixed, that,l for thisfpurpose, ismade hollow, or of a tube-shape, thence on to a self-.acting drum, until enough `of the material Iis .unwound off the spool to complete the outer layer or layers.' i

The relative speeds whchfithespool and the Hier are to revolve are then adjusted, according to the size of the material beingwound, and the ypat-tern to be obtained, by means of cords and pulleys, when, adjusting the arm carrying thel spoohspiudle to the proper or desired angle with regard to the iiier, they are then set in motion, revolving in opposite directions, whereby the'required pattern or figure is produced on-the outside layer i or layers of the material being wound, the peculiarities inthe appearance o'f which will depend upon the relative speeds of the flier and spool, as well, also,` as their relative positions, produced by the adjustment of the arm carrying the spool-spindle.`

To prevent .the i'.wist,'which` naturally forms at every turn of vthe hier, from'passing ou tothe spool, Ihavev arranged, at `the, mouth or end of the flier-spindle, where the material being wound enters, a parter, L2, which forces the accumulating twist to the end of the material being wound, where it untwists in the hand ofthe operator, when detached from theholder and parier.l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The adjustable Hier and holder, constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described. 2. I also claim the parte): L2, or its equivalent, combined and arranged with the Hier, substantiaiy as :tml

for the purpose specified. A Y

JOHN LOVATT.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MGNAMARA, ALBERT W. BROWN. v 

